高考I found out that I have no artistic ability at all, and now I know for sure that I do not want to be an artist.

我发现自己根本没有艺术能力，现在我清楚地知道我不想成为一名艺术家。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文

四级But in recent years the capital's culinary (烹饪的) scene has developed to the point that it is now confident of its ability to please the tastes of any international visitor.

但近年来首都的烹饪(烹饪的) 这一场景已经发展到现在，它有信心能够满足任何国际游客的口味。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级With culinary improvement in recent years, London's restaurants are now able to appeal to the tastes of

近年来，随着烹饪技术的进步，伦敦的餐馆现在能够迎合顾客的口味

2011年6月阅读原文

考研Until now, many sellers that have a physical presence in only a single state or a few states have been able to avoid charging sales taxes when they ship to addresses outside those states.

到目前为止，许多只在一个州或几个州有实体存在的卖家在将货物运送到这些州以外的地址时能够避免收取销售税。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

高考But the most important information I want to give you now is about safety.

但我现在想告诉你们的最重要的信息是关于安全的。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

高考Her marriage with a serious music critic has drawn her to his world, so she is now crazy about classical music and will not miss any chance to attend a concert with her husband.

她与一位严肃的音乐评论家的婚姻将她吸引到了他的世界，因此她现在对古典音乐着迷，不会错过任何与丈夫一起参加音乐会的机会。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 题设

四级People now care more about quality than quantity.

人们现在更关心质量而不是数量。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Another influential feeder for advanced-math students is an online school called Art of Problem Solving, which began about 13 years ago and now has 15,000 users.

另一个对高等数学学生有影响力的反馈者是一个名为“问题解决艺术”的在线学校，它大约在13年前开始，现在有15000名用户。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级It had, apparently, been fished out of existence; and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor.

很明显，它已经不存在了；曾经强大的纽芬兰舰队现在疯狂地在海底搜寻螃蟹。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级I've been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about unemployment during the Great Depression; it was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now.

我一直在关注自封的专家们在大萧条期间对失业的看法；这几乎和现在非常严肃的人们所说的一模一样。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child’s low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.

现在，一项始于新西兰约1000名儿童的新研究追踪了儿童低自控力如何预测健康不佳、金钱问题，甚至成年后的犯罪记录。

2016年6月听力原文

六级Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.

电池已经开启了一场通信革命，现在正准备改变其他一切。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Now what’s interesting about the theory is what do you have if you only have one out of three or two out of three? What do you have and how is it different if you have a different two out of three? What’s interesting about this kind of theorizing is it gives rise to many different combinations that can be quite interesting when you break them down and start to look at them carefully.

这个理论的有趣之处在于，如果你只有三分之一或三分之二，你会得到什么？你有什么？如果三分之二不同，又有什么不同？这种理论的有趣之处在于，它产生了许多不同的组合，当你将它们分解并开始仔细观察时，它们会非常有趣。

2016年12月听力原文

六级We worry most about now because if we don't survive for the next minute, we're not going to be around in ten years' time, says Professor Elke Weber of the Centre for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University in New York.

纽约哥伦比亚大学环境决策研究中心的艾尔克·韦伯教授说：“我们现在最担心的是，如果我们不能在下一分钟生存下来，我们将无法在十年内生存。”。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研So what does our deep future hold? A growing number of researchers and organisations are now thinking seriously about that question.

那么，我们的深层次未来是什么？越来越多的研究人员和组织正在认真思考这个问题。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.

与以往一样，过去掌握着未来的关键：我们现在已经确定了足够多的塑造地球和我们物种历史的长期模式，以便对我们后代将面临的情况做出基于证据的预测。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研A growing number of researchers and organisations are now thinking seriously about that question.

越来越多的研究人员和组织正在认真思考这个问题。

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendant will find themselv

正如经常发生的那样，过去掌握着未来的关键：我们现在已经确定了足够多的塑造地球和我们物种历史的长期模式，以便对我们的后代将如何找到自己做出基于证据的预测

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研This figure is now 830, 000 above its year ago level.

这个数字现在比一年前的水平高出83万。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent.

现在所需要的只是父母，但他们不在。

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级That's the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth's oceans now 26 absorb heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago.

这是一项新研究的结论，该研究发现地球海洋现在吸收热量的速度是18年前的两倍。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

考研Helping forests flourish as valuable "carbon sinks" long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now.

帮助森林在未来长期繁荣成为有价值的“碳汇”可能需要降低它们吸收碳的能力。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Rock stars now face a new hazard --- voice abuse.

摇滚明星现在面临着一个新的危险——声音滥用。

2013年6月听力原文

六级right now, to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers not sleep in the same bed as their babies, but sleep in the same room.

现在，为了降低婴儿猝死综合症的风险，美国儿科学会建议母亲不要和婴儿睡在同一张床上，而是睡在同一个房间里。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级Governments in rich countries now accept that their pension and health-care promises will soon become unaffordable, and many of them have embarked on reforms, but so far only timidly.

富裕国家的政府现在承认，他们的养老金和医疗保障承诺很快将变得难以负担，其中许多国家已经开始了改革，但迄今为止只是小心翼翼。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级Digital learning systems now charge students for access codes needed to complete coursework, take quizzes, and turn in homework.

数字学习系统现在向学生收取完成课程、参加测验和交作业所需的密码费用。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级CubeSat researchers suggest that now's the time to ponder unexpected and unintended possible consequences of more people than ever having access to their own small slice of space.

CubeSat的研究人员认为，现在是时候考虑一下比以往任何时候都更多的人能够进入他们自己的一小块空间所带来的意想不到的后果了。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Let's face it, it wasn't too long ago that the idea of working from anywhere and at anytime was some form of a distant utopian dream,and yet now we can perform almost any office-based task from any location in the world as long as we have access to the in

让我们面对现实吧，就在不久前，随时随地工作的想法还只是一个遥远的乌托邦梦想的一种形式，而现在我们可以在世界上任何地方执行几乎任何基于办公室的任务，只要我们能够访问in

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms: either freely available from the moment of publication, or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general rel

现在，英国一半以上的科研成果都是以开放获取的方式发表的：要么从发表之日起免费提供，要么支付一年或更长时间的费用，以便出版商在进入general rel之前获利

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The most drastic, and thoroughly illegal, reaction has been the emergence of Sci-Hub, a kind of global photocopier for scientific papers, set up in 2012, which now claims to offer access to every paywalled article published since 2015.

最激烈、也是最非法的反应是Sci Hub的出现。Sci Hub是一种全球科学论文影印机，成立于2012年，现在它声称可以访问自2015年以来发表的每一篇付费文章。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级It can only be partly accomplished now.

现在只能部分完成。

2011年6月听力原文

高考They now need to take into account the extent of firms' data assets when assessing the impact of deals.

在评估交易的影响时，他们现在需要考虑公司数据资产的范围。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy.

一个原因是，现在有更多的国家是石油生产大国，因此遭受油价下跌影响的国家在全球经济中所占份额更大。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级E-books now account for 14 percent of all book sales in the country and are increasing far faster than overall book sales.

电子书目前占全国图书销售总额的14%，增长速度远远快于图书销售总额。

2014年6月阅读原文

考研The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.

向可再生能源的转移在全世界范围内正在加速：它们现在占据了在线新能源的一半以上。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Now, a company in Massachusetts says that by using magnetic brain scans, they can determine with 97% accuracy whether someone is telling the truth.

现在，马萨诸塞州的一家公司表示，通过使用脑部磁扫描，他们可以以97%的准确率确定某人是否在说真话。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级This is hard to achieve when, as is now the case in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors.

这是很难实现的，就像现在许多大公司的情况一样，大部分员工是临时承包商。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级We have to basically achieve there— the commitment to deal with the problem now.

我们必须基本上做到这一点——现在就承诺解决这个问题。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级Suddenly, our market has exploded in size and we could now sell our products all across the continent.

突然间，我们的市场规模爆炸式增长，我们现在可以在整个欧洲大陆销售我们的产品。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

四级The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the U.S., and until now have only reported minor accidents.

该公司的自动驾驶汽车在美国各州行驶了100多万英里，迄今为止只报告了轻微事故。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级It was a huge milestone in the development of smartphones, which are now owned by a majority of American adults and are increasingly common across the globe.

这是智能手机发展史上的一个巨大里程碑。目前，智能手机为大多数美国成年人所有，在全球越来越普遍。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级More than 30 airports across the country now have therapy dogs.

全国30多个机场现在都有治疗犬。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

考研Across the country, factory owners are now grappling with a new challenge: Instead of having too many workers, they may end up with too few.

在全国范围内，工厂主们正面临着一个新的挑战：与其雇佣太多的工人，不如雇佣太少的工人。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考We must act as quickly as possible now.

我们现在必须尽快采取行动。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 句子填空 原文

六级But now, as then, powerful forces are ideologically opposed to the whole idea of government action on a sufficient scale to jump-start the economy.

但现在，正如当时一样，强大的力量在意识形态上反对政府采取足够规模的行动以启动经济的整个想法。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Now they are trying to figure out what molecular signaling processes activate those seed-building genes in resurrection plants—and how to reproduce them in crops.

现在，他们正试图弄清楚什么样的分子信号传导过程激活了复活植物中的种子构建基因，以及如何在作物中繁殖这些基因。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考Now that you know why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging your morning activities.

既然你知道你为什么要醒来，考虑重新安排你早上的活动。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考Now, I'll talk about some of the activities for this term.

现在，我将谈谈本学期的一些活动。

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

高考Now, the changes in after-school activities this week.

现在，本周课后活动的变化。

2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

六级The most recent comparative data on the performance of universities and research institutions in Australia, Canada, USA and UK shows that, from a relatively weak starting position, the UK now leads on many indicators of commercialisation activity

关于澳大利亚、加拿大、美国和英国大学和研究机构绩效的最新比较数据表明，英国从一个相对薄弱的起步位置，现在在许多商业化活动指标上处于领先地位

2011年12月阅读原文

四级But till now, they've been something like a mirage（幻影）in the distance, more like a hazy（模糊的）dream than an actual reality.

但到现在为止，它们就像海市蜃楼(幻影）在远处，更像是一片朦胧(模糊的）梦想比现实更重要。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考Now, several states are moving to tighten laws by adding new regulations for opting out.

现在，有几个州正在通过增加新的选择退出法规来收紧法律。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级For now the app is also iPad-exclusive, and though a few of these educational institutions are giving the hardware away for free, for other students who don't have such a luxury it's an added layer of cost — and an expensive one at that.

目前，该应用程序也是iPad独有的，尽管其中一些教育机构正在免费赠送硬件，但对于其他没有这么奢侈的学生来说，这是一个额外的成本——而且是一个昂贵的成本。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Research now says adding fiber to the teen diet may help lower the risk of breast cancer.

现在的研究表明，在青少年饮食中添加纤维可能有助于降低患乳腺癌的风险。

2017年6月听力原文

六级While that may make suborbital travel safer, it would add significant cost and complexity to an emerging industry that has until now operated largely as the playground of billionaires and dreamy engineers.

虽然这可能会使亚轨道旅行更加安全，但这将为一个新兴行业增加巨大的成本和复杂性，该行业迄今为止主要是亿万富翁和梦幻工程师的游乐场。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级In addition to this, businesses would now be rewarded for successful efforts to cut food waste.

除此之外，企业现在还将因成功减少食物浪费而获得奖励。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

高考If you are planning to do exercise regularly, or you're doing it now, then listen up! working out in the morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.

如果你计划定期锻炼，或者你现在正在锻炼，那就听好了！除了身体健康外，早上锻炼还能带来额外的好处。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级A negative side of the Obama effect is that people are now less ready to support policies addressing racial inequality

奥巴马效应的负面影响是，人们现在不太愿意支持解决种族不平等问题的政策

2010年6月阅读原文

六级people are now less ready to support policies addressing racial inequality

人们现在不太愿意支持解决种族不平等的政策

2010年6月阅读原文

六级And the New Yorkers who spent a bundle on an outdoor hot tub now admit they rarely use it, because we can’t afford to heat it in winter.

纽约人花了一大笔钱买了一个室外热水浴盆，现在他们承认他们很少使用它，因为我们负担不起冬天的取暖费用。

2016年12月听力原文

六级Now a new study has provided another contribution to the debate, uncovering strong evidence that adolescent well-being in the United States really is experiencing a decline and arguing that the most likely cause is the electronic riches we have given them

现在，一项新的研究为这场辩论提供了另一个贡献，发现了强有力的证据表明美国青少年的幸福感确实在下降，并认为最有可能的原因是我们给予他们的电子财富

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal.

口香糖曾经主要由青春期男孩购买，现在在商业广告中作为一种饭后使用的口气清新剂和牙齿清洁剂。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考However, now they are becoming an extended period of adolescence, during which many of today's students and are not shouldered with adult responsibilities.

然而，现在他们正成为一个青春期的延长期，在这段时间里，许多今天的学生和学生不再肩负着成人的责任。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Learn how to deal with people now, because when you're an adult, you don't get to choose your boss or your co-workers, so learn how to respect them now.

现在就学会如何与人打交道，因为当你成年后，你不能选择你的老板或同事，所以现在就学会如何尊重他们。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child's low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.

现在，一项始于新西兰约1000名儿童的新研究追踪了儿童低自控力如何预测健康不佳、金钱问题，甚至成年后的犯罪记录。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级But advances in technology might make Antarctica a lot more accessible three decades from now.

但技术的进步可能会让30年后的南极洲变得更加容易接近。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研First two hours , now three hours—this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight , at least at some major U.airports with increasingly massive security lines.

前两个小时，现在是三个小时——这是当局建议人们提前多少时间赶搭国内航班，至少在美国一些安检线越来越大的主要机场。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研first two hours, now three hours一this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight, at least at some major U.S. airports with increasingly massive security lines.

前两个小时，现在是三个小时一这是当局建议人们提前多少时间赶搭国内航班的建议，至少在美国一些安检线越来越大的主要机场是如此。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级They have been huge supporters of the district's advanced mathematics program, which once began in the fourth grade but will now start in the sixth.

他们一直是学区高等数学计划的巨大支持者，该计划曾在四年级开始，但现在将在六年级开始。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Director of the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Center in the Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology at the medical university, Mironov now primarily conducts research on tissue engineering, or growing, of human organs.

米罗诺夫是医科大学再生医学和细胞生物学系高级组织生物制造中心主任，目前主要从事人体器官的组织工程或生长研究。

2012年6月听力原文

四级What could have been considered the beginning of a descent is now a potential turning point—the turning point you are most equipped to take full advantage of.

可以被认为是下降开始的现在是一个潜在的转折点——你最有能力充分利用的转折点。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Now some experts are proposing that we should take advantage of the teen brain's keen sensitivity to the presence of friends and leverage it to improve education.

现在一些专家建议，我们应该利用青少年大脑对朋友在场的敏锐敏感性，并利用它来改善教育。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

六级In weighing the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an adverse effect on body weight outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern.

在权衡证据时，我们现在可以有信心地说，当作为健康饮食模式的一部分食用意大利面时，它不会对体重结果产生不利影响。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

考研This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.

这一建议现在比以往任何时候都更具相关性，即使在目前住房紧张的情况下，更多的家长希望接受孩子的想法。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考One day soon after school had started, I said to them, " now I'm going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before.

开学后不久的一天，我对他们说：“现在我要说一些你可能从未听过老师说过的关于阅读的事情。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级A woman encouraged to try knitting and crocheting after developing an autoimmune disease that caused a lot of hand pain reported on the Craft Yam Council site that her hands are now less stiff and painful.

一名妇女在患上自身免疫性疾病后被鼓励尝试编织和钩编，该疾病导致手部疼痛。据工艺山药委员会网站报道，她的手现在不再那么僵硬和疼痛。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Shortly after he took over the Reader's Digest Association in 1984, George Grune unlocked the company's boardroom and announced that the room was now open to the employees.

1984年，乔治·格伦（George Grune）接手《读者文摘》协会（Reader’s Digest Association）后不久，就打开了公司董事会的大门，宣布董事会现在对员工开放。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研The first shiploads of immigrants bound for the territory which is now the United States crossed the Atlantic more than a hundred years after the 15th- and 16th-century explorations of North America.

在15世纪和16世纪对北美的探险之后的一百多年里，第一批运往现在的美国领土的移民船横渡大西洋。

2015年考研翻译原文

考研After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position—no matter how much "soft pressure" is put upon them.

毕竟，四十年来的证据表明，欧洲和美国的企业都在逃避精英聘用和晋升女性到最高职位，不管她们承受多大的“软压力”。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Now that members of Generation Z are graduating college this spring the most commonly-accepted definition says this generation was born after 1995, give or take a year-the attention has been rising steadily in recent weeks.

如今，Z一代的成员将于今年春天从大学毕业。最普遍接受的定义是，这一代人出生于1995年之后，时隔一年。最近几周，人们的关注度稳步上升。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough to cool the house during the hot day; at the same time, they warm up again for the night.

当新的一天来临时，墙壁已经失去了热量，现在冷到足以在炎热的日子里给房子降温；与此同时，他们又为夜晚做了热身。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

四级Just when you had figured out how to manage fat in your diet, researchers are now warning against another common mealtime pitfall (陷阱) — salt.

就在你发现如何控制饮食中的脂肪时，研究人员现在警告你不要再犯另一个常见的进餐陷阱(陷阱) — 盐。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

西班牙的埃布罗三角洲在西班牙内战期间曾是一个著名的战场，现在它正在进行一场不同的竞赛，一场是让稻农与两个敌人较量：吃大米的巨型苹果蜗牛和海平面上升。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

高考Now similar concerns ares being raised by the giants that deal in data, the oil of the digital age.

如今，数字时代的石油数据巨头也提出了类似的担忧。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Now we need volunteer managers aged 25-75.

现在我们需要25-75岁的志愿者经理。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级At middle age, he wrote, the sowing is behind; now is the time to reap.

他写道，到了中年，播种已经落后；现在是收获的时候了。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级At middle age, he wrote, "the sowing is behind; now is the time to reap."

中年时，他写道：“播种已经落后；现在是收获的时候了。”

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be public information, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitally in ways that were not possible before.

资助机构指出，用公共资金支付的数据应该是公共信息，科学界正在认识到，现在可以以以前不可能的方式以数字方式共享数据。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级The agency is now investigating the toxic effects of some of the chemicals in the latest report.

该机构目前正在调查最新报告中某些化学品的毒性作用。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考Ordered over a week ago, the books are expected to arrive any time now.

这些书是一周前订购的，预计现在随时可以到。

2016年高考英语北京卷 单项选择 原文

四级While the public sees greater workplace equality between men and women now than it did 20-30 years ago, most believe more change is needed.

虽然公众认为，与20-30年前相比，现在的男女在工作场所更加平等，但大多数人认为需要进行更多的改革。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Years ago, the government made money by selling public lands, but most of the best public lands have now been sold.

几年前，政府通过出售公共土地赚钱，但现在大部分最好的公共土地都被出售了。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Now the nation's top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago.

现在，国家最高专利法院似乎完全准备缩减商业方法专利，自10年前首次授权以来，商业方法专利一直备受争议。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Chances are, your headshots are seen much more often now than a decade or two ago.

很可能，你的头像现在比十年或二十年前更容易被看到。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研Now the nation's top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized I0 years ago.

现在，国家最高专利法院似乎完全准备缩减商业方法专利，自10年前首次授权以来，商业方法专利一直备受争议。

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Thirty years ago, it would have been inconceivable to have imagined a ban on smoking in the workplace or in pubs, and yet that is what we have now.

三十年前，想象在工作场所或酒吧里禁止吸烟是不可想象的，然而这就是我们现在所拥有的。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Donohue, now a history teacher, agrees that it helped during certain parts of her education: I can definitely remember what I learned on certain days at school.

多诺霍现在是一名历史教师，她同意这在她接受教育的某些阶段是有帮助的：我肯定记得我在学校的某些日子里学到的东西。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Now comes word that everyone involved---Democrats, Republicans, the Postal Service, the unions and the system's heaviest users --as finally agreed on a plan to fix the system.

现在有消息说，所有参与的人——民主党人、共和党人、邮政局、工会和系统的最大用户——最终就修复系统的计划达成一致。

2018年考研阅读原文

考研Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues.

现在，该公司突然声称，由于2006年的立法，2002年的协议无效，只有联邦政府对核问题拥有监管权。

2012年考研阅读原文

高考Many airlines now allow passengers to print their boarding passes online to save their valuable time.

许多航空公司现在允许乘客在线打印登机牌，以节省宝贵的时间。

2017年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文